News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


The U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability: Priority Countries and Region

The following is being released jointly by the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.


Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- April 2022

News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the April 2022 Federal Grand Jury A.


Counselor Chollet’s Meeting with NUG Representatives

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - James Theodore Polzin, 48, of Gilbert, Arizona, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay over $2.2 million in restitution. Polzin pleaded guilty in October 2021 to fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans.


Informational: Federal Court arraignments

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


News Release: On behalf of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs is soliciting public input for recommendations for this year’s Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Now in its 23rd year, the ACE honors U.S. companies demonstrating ...


Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Disruption of Botnet Controlled by the Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)

News Release: Operation Copied and Removed Malware Known as “Cyclops Blink" from the Botnet’s Command-And-Control Devices, Disrupting the GRU’s Control Over Thousands of Infected Devices Worldwide. Victims Must Take Additional Steps to Remediate the Vulnerability and Prevent Malicious Actors From Further Exploiting Unpatched Devices.


News Release: A former Congressional staffer pleaded guilty today to theft of public funds in connection with his scheme to fraudulently inflate his salary and bonus payments, thereby paying himself more than he was legitimately owed.


465 Acres Returned to Rappahannock Tribe Along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

News Release: Prior to European arrival, Indigenous peoples of the Chesapeake Bay lived and worked alongside the Bay’s many rivers, whose abundant resources and inspiring landscapes provided both bodily and spiritual sustenance. Today, thanks to archeology, oral history among Tribal members and primary resources like Captain John Smith’s map of the Chesapeake, Tribes are finding and reconnecting with the places that their ancestors once called home.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to discuss the scope and scale of critical mineral demand and recycling of critical minerals.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Beckley Man Sentenced for Fentanyl-Related Gun Crime

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


Russia’s Suspension from the UN Human Rights Council

News Release: By suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, countries around the world chose to hold Moscow to account today for gross and systematic violations of human rights in its premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war of choice against Ukraine. We have seen growing evidence of Russia’s brutal ...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.) are one step closer to getting the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act across the finish line.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Note: Still images of surveillance video showing defendant Thomas Daniels pointing firearm appear at end of this release.



News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is pleased to announce the arrest of Commonwealth of Massachusetts fugitive, Fred Walker.


'We don't do it alone': Cornell University receives $6.7 Million EPA grant to continue Great Lakes project

An ongoing Cornell University Great Lakes ecosystem monitoring project, recipient of a more than $6.74 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant, needs such assistance to continue, a university official said in a news release